Chapter 474 Chapter 475: Life
"Fuck! Fuck! There are still people in the world who are so shameless!" Zhou Huaian felt that his worldview was shattered. "The two old guys in the Cai family may know where Cai Ermei ran off to!"
Zhou Yiding shook his head. “Cai Ermei doesn’t have a very good relationship with his mother and husband. He probably won’t tell them that he’s leaving.”
Zhou Huaian frowned and thought for a while, "How far can he go without a letter of introduction? I think he has probably gone to the county town."
Zhou Yiding curled his lips, "Eighty percent! He just went to the county town."
Yang Chunyan and Luo Haili came in carrying straw mats, listened, and asked curiously: "Which one of you said went to the county town?"
Zhou Huaian: "Cai Ermei...we guess he must have gone to the county town."
Yang Chunyan was not surprised to hear that it was Cai Ermei. "Think about what Cai Ermei has done over the years. She opened a gambling house, stole money from her wife, and bargained for her friends' business. This kind of person is not a good person by nature."
Cai Ermei eventually followed the same path as in his previous life, but she didn't know whether this life would be the same as his previous one. It was not until he was put in prison that Wang Chunhua learned of his whereabouts.
"Alas!" Luo Haili sighed after hearing this, "When a woman gets married, it's like a second life. It's better to be a widow than to marry such a shameless man."
Zhou Yiding slapped his head and said, "He still owes me and Erchun fifty dollars! It looks like we can't get it back!"
"If you want to pay it back earlier, you can only consider it as a loss to avoid disaster!" Zhou Huaian said, then stood up and patted him, "Let's go, send the fish over to take care of them first, and then come back to start working."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yiding stood up, and the two of them walked away carrying the buckets.
Yang Chunyan picked up the straw mat and walked out, "We should quickly lay out the straw mat, otherwise we won't be ready when people arrive."
"That's right!"
Just as the two men had spread the straw mat, Qian Chunhua and several women came in carrying baskets on their backs. Everyone was talking about how Cai Ermei had stolen money and ran away.
But there have been several versions. Some say that he owed too much gambling debt and had to run away!
Some said that Cai Ermei had hooked up with some young widow again, and the two of them stole Wang Chunhua's money and lived together forever.
As the group of people were talking, the topic started to shift to Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding.
"I heard that Zhou Laoyao used to have the worst reputation among the few people. Whenever people asked about the lazy people, second-rate people, and prodigal sons in Funiu Village, everyone thought they were talking about him."
"Of course not. Every time I see him, he's so sloppy. He doesn't even smoke properly, but holds the cigarette in the corner of his mouth, looking like a scoundrel. He looks quite the type."
"That's because he's good-looking. He's good-looking no matter what. So-and-so used to blush whenever he saw him."
"Wang Chunhua married Cai Ermei because he was handsome, but she never knew he was such a jerk!"
"Yes, women are destined to be women. Wang Chunhua will suffer all her life if she marries Cai Ermei. Yang Chunyan is lucky to marry Zhou Laoya, who is good at coaxing people!"
Yang Chunyan felt the constant gazes directed at her, and she looked up at a few people, who smiled awkwardly at her.
After finishing her work, Zhou's mother came back with a few children and told them that she had agreed with the butcher to slaughter the New Year pig the day after tomorrow.
Yang Chunyan told her about Jiang Yu's order of meat, and Zhou Yiding hurriedly gave the remaining dozens of kilograms to him.
Zhou's mother happily agreed, "You're not busy right now, I'll go cook."
Zhou Yiding hurriedly said, "Second Mother, Third Brother has some fish, go get it and make some pickled fish."
"Okay, let's eat pickled fish!" Zhou's mother happily took Zhou Xiaolin and her grandchildren to go fishing.
After it got dark, Wang Chunhua, with red and swollen eyes, followed Wang Lao Da, carrying truffles on his back, and said, "Zhou Laoyao, can we take your tractor tomorrow and go to the city to look for Cai Ermei?"
Zhou Huaian looked at the brother and sister apologetically, "I'm sorry, we have to go to Baicaopingzi to collect truffles tomorrow. My third brother rides a bicycle into the city to deliver vegetables. I can lend you the bicycle and go with him."
Boss Wang scratched his head and said, "None of us know how to ride a bicycle. Let's go back to Fangtian and ask."
Wang Chunhua looked at him miserably, "Zhou Laoyao, Secretary Xu said that Cai Ermei didn't go to him for a letter of introduction. Do you think he will go to the county town?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "You need a letter of introduction to stay in a hotel in the county town. Why don't you go and see if he is renting a house near the county town?"
Now everyone is busy digging truffles to make money. Going to look for that damn thing not only costs money but also delays making money. It would be better to die.
Boss Wang got furious when he thought about it. "Let that bastard run if he wants to. We just need to catch him and get back the money Chunhua saved."
Wang Chunhua forced herself to hold back her tears and nodded, "He is not the type to live a normal life. Over the years that I have been married to him, even if I were to hand over the money he earned, it would not take long for him to find excuses to cheat me back.
He was also flirting with Ye Xiaoshuang, but later even Ye Xiaoshuang saw through him and would rather marry a son-in-law from the mountains than flirt with him. I thought the child was still young and couldn't live without an old man, so as long as he changed, it would be fine."
She looked at Yang Chunyan and said, "To be honest, when he took over your family's business of collecting herbs, I thought he would really do something like Zhou Laoya and behave like a decent person.
I didn't know that he tricked me into borrowing money from my parents, and I didn't make a penny, but lost all my mother's money."
Only now did she finally see Cai Ermei clearly. Over the years, she only saw his good face and heard a few gentle words from him when he asked her for money.
Cai Ermei had never taken a fancy to herself, and never cared about her and her child. As long as she could find him and get her money back, she wouldn't shed a tear even if he died outside!
Boss Wang clenched his fists in anger, "That bastard looks like a human being, but he's actually full of rotten hearts and lungs!"
Yang Chunyan and the others didn't know what to say after hearing this.
At this time, Luo Haili had already weighed the truffles that the brother and sister brought and reported the weight. The two of them hurriedly sat down to keep accounts and settle the bills.
Zhou Huaian handed the money to the brother and sister, thought about it and said, "If you still want to go the day after tomorrow, wait for you at the brigade's sunbathing area early in the morning."
Wang Chunhua said hoarsely with gratitude: "Chunyan, Zhou Laoyao, thank you so much!"
Yang Chunyan looked at this poor woman and didn't know how to comfort her. "You're welcome. It's just a side trip!"
Boss Wang picked up the backpack and said, "Little sister, let's go! We have to go back to Fangtian to find a tractor!"
"Um!"
Before the brother and sister walked out of the yard, Zhou's mother came to call them for dinner. She opened her mouth when she saw the two of them, and waited until they left the door before she said what was on her lips.
"Look, I've said before that Cai Ermei is not a good person. You and Yiding's reputations were ruined by him."
Zhou Huaian looked at her speechlessly, "Mom, they haven't gone far yet!"
Seeing that he disliked her for being too talkative, Zhou's mother said unhappily, "No more talking, clean up and eat." Then she turned around and walked away. When she reached the kitchen door, she turned back and asked, "What are you going to cook tomorrow when we go to Baicaoping?"
Yang Chunyan walked towards her with a smile, "I made pickled cabbage and sauce, Huai'an prepared noodles, just bring a steel pot and a porcelain bowl."
"It's easier to cook noodles. Then I'll find a jar and prepare some soy sauce and chili oil for them!"
"We're almost out of soy sauce at home. We'll have to go to the old house to get some more tomorrow."
Mother Zhou nodded. "I was so busy this year that I didn't even make the soy sauce. Remember to remind me to make more next year. The longer the soy sauce is stored, the better it tastes."
Yang Chunyan held her arm, "Mom! I like the soy sauce you make the most. It's more delicious than the ones sold at the agency store."
Zhou's mother gave her a proud look and said, "The ones sold by the agency don't have any spices. I put some spices in the soy sauce after I brew it, so of course it tastes better than theirs."
"Er Niang, please brew one more jar next year. I want one too." Zhou Yiding said as he followed behind, carrying truffles.
"That's right!" Zhou's mother walked quickly to the cupboard, "Go wash your hands, I'll bring the dishes and chopsticks over and we'll start eating."
Yang Chunyan thought that the sauerkraut fish cooked with wild river fish tasted great. She ate two bowls of rice and drank a bowl of fish soup before putting down her last bowl.
Mother Zhou put down the bowl and said to the four sisters-in-law, "I came back from Fangtian and ordered four more suckling pigs. They will be delivered to your house the day after tomorrow. There is one vacant pig in your pig pens. Do you want to buy three more?"
Yang Chunyan didn't expect her to move so quickly, "Huai'an also said that killing the big fat pig would save you from being exhausted!"
Mother Zhou glanced at Zhou Huaian and said with relief, "Not tired! Four little piglets can't eat much."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Mom, you are destined to be tired!"
Zhou's mother glared at him and said, "If you're not tired, where will the big fat pig come from this year?"
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "Even if you raise three pigs, you still need to cook pig food. If you raise two more, you just need to cook more. I want two more."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiuxiang and Li Qiuyue also said they wanted two, and Yang Chunyan thought about it and also ordered two.
After hearing this, Zhou's mother said with some pride: "Okay! Tomorrow morning I will go to find Old Chen's sister-in-law and ask them to keep everything I picked out today."
Li Qiuyue looked at her in surprise, "Mom, how did you know we wanted both?"
Zhou's mother laughed and said, "How would I know? I went to look at the piglets today and saw that both sows had given birth. I liked them so I picked a few more. We've agreed in advance that if you want them, you can report back tomorrow. If you don't want them, just keep four."
After hearing this, Zhou's father said, "It seems that the Chen family plans to raise sows and sell them as dairy pigs!"
Mother Zhou: "That's probably true! Old Chen's family has sold four litters of piglets this year. She said that more families are expanding their pig pens in the second half of the year than in previous years."
The old man tapped his pipe and said, "It's different now than when we were in the production team. If we raise a few more pigs and sell them at the end of the year, we can make a lot of money. What's wrong with that?"
Zhou Huairong: "If we raise five pigs, we will have enough manure for the family. By the end of next year, we can kill one and sell four, which will bring us another income."
Zhou Yiding listened to their lively talk and asked, "How about I raise two too?"
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "When you get married in the spring, I'll help you pick out a suckling pig!"
Zhou Huaijun came back from sending the kids home and saw everyone still sitting there chatting. "Get to work! We have to get up early tomorrow after we finish!"
Mother Zhou stood up quickly and said, "I'll go back and get Yumei something to eat. The eldest and the third son, come with me and pick some vegetables."
Everyone was busy. Yang Chunyan cleaned up the dishes and started heating up the pig food to feed the pigs.
The three pigs ate more and more. Before, three full buckets of pig food were enough, but now five full buckets are enough.
Pigs that are not fed feed grow much more slowly and will not reach over 200 kilograms until this time next year.
(End of this chapter)
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